Objective To explore the motivations, experiences and views of female regular sunbed users aged 15â€“17 and consider the implications of legislation seeking to restrict sunbed use among the under-18s. Design Qualitative study of 12 focus groups. Method Participants were recruited...

FOR more than a decade Jackie Marshall had visited a tanning salon to go on a sunbed before she went on holiday abroad. She thought these short visits, two or three times a year, would give her a 'base tan' and help stop her pale Scottish skin burning in the Mediterranean sun.